The Concordia College basketball team won its final road game of the
year over Gustavus 68-62, ending the season with 5-11 in the Minnesota
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and 7-17 overall.

Senior Doug Boese of Anoka, MN led the Cobbers in individual scoring
for the 1976 77 season with 443 points for an 18.5 per game average. Boese
hit 172 field goals and 99 free throws. He also led the team rebounders
with 214.

Boese averaged 18.6 points in MIAC games.

Kris Gulsvig of Moorhead led in assists with 127 and was the second
top scorer with 253 points and a 10.5 average.

This year was the final season for Boese and Gulsvig and three other
Cobber seniors - Brad 6 Atchison and Dave Bale of Moorhead, and Dwight
Jones of Carson, CA.

Although Concordia won only a handful of games during the season, there
were some exciting moments for the cagers. The Cobbem surprised the North
Dakota State Bison with a 96-87 victory in a game that stirred the entire
town. The underdog Cobbers stole the show that night as Coach Sonny Gulsvig
mustered all 6 the firepower possible from his smaller forces.

In a game against Gustavus in which Concordia led only twice - 2-0 and
69-67, senior Kris Gulsvig pumped a 25-footer at the buzzer 6 to lift the
Cobbers to the 69-67 victory.

Doug Boese earns MIAC,
NAIA honors

Doug Boese from Anoka, MN, holds the distinction
of being an All-District 13 NAIA selection in both basketball and football.
He was the leading scorer and rebounder this season and was named to the
All-MIAC basketball team picked by the coaches.

Boese, a Cobber co-captain this year, was also named by the area news
media to the Fargo-Moorhead inter-city team and was named to the third
team of the 1976-77 All-Lutheran College basketball squad. The All-Lutheran
team includes players from 27 colleges and universities around the country.

The senior forward led the Cobbers in individual scoring this season
with 443 points for an 18.5 per-game average. He hit 172 field goals
and 99 free throws. He also led the team in rebounds with 214 and averaged
18.6 points in MIAC games.

Boese graduated this spring with a bachelor's degree in history
and political science and international relations.

Kris Gulsvig is season standout

Kris Gulsvig of Moorhead received outstanding distinctions this
year, including the honor of an All-District 13 NAIA selection in both
basketball and baseball.

The senior guard led the Cobbers in assists with 127 and was second
in scoring this basketball
season with 253 points and a 10.5 average. The

Cobber co-captain was named to the F-M intercity team and to the third
team of the 1976-77 All-Lutheran College Basketball squad.

Shortstop Gulsvig was named to the All- MIAC baseball team picked by
the coaches. He led the Cobber batsmen with an average of .411.

Gulsvig graduated this spring with a bachelor's degree in health and
physical education. He is the son of Cobber basketball coach Sonny
Gulsvig.